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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI hope that they could not afford to buy the ticket
For the billion dollar lottery winner. I could use an instant billion dollar windfall. I could pay off all of my bills and have pocket change left over.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(28,081 posts)But, I'd actually prefer to see a 1000 people winning $1M each. It would do more good as a force multiplier.
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)I don't like the lottery because I see too many desperate people gambling their last dollar on a losing preposition. I see the lottery as a tax on the ignorant; on people that can't calculate odds. I see it as a scam the state plays on its most vulnerable people. I felt so bad when I saw a woman buying two one dollar scratch-off tickets hoping to win enough money to buy gas to drive to work that when she came up empty, I bought her some gas. I couldn't take her tears...
sop
(11,078 posts)getagrip_already
(17,077 posts)let's hope they aren't maga. that would be sad.
Thunderbeast
(3,523 posts)I am dumb enough to pay it.
I get a fantasy for a few hours.
Schools get to pay a couple more teachers.
A little innocent fun for me....
I do know, however, that many folks have an addiction to the dopamine rush that gambling provides.
Nothing sadder than the families wrecked by the addiction to video poker and other state-operated gaming.